One will be for Lucy’s niece, the others will go up on Etsy. The request was for non-threatening monsters, so I made the eyes extra wide and the smiles maximum joy, but they kind of turned out looking like one

One will be for Lucy’s niece, the others will go up on Etsy. The request was for non-threatening monsters, so I made the eyes extra wide and the smiles maximum joy, but they kind of turned out looking like one

More simple faces, more tongue! Though I gave into mouthpiece-ear-limb temptations. And then there’s the plaid, rescued from a Cape Cod skirt, to go with the pink bathrobe that has gone into the tongue.

More simple faces, more tongue! Though I gave into mouthpiece-ear-limb temptations. And then there’s the plaid, rescued from a Cape Cod skirt, to go with the pink bathrobe that has gone into the tongue.

Time for some minimalist dolls. Two eyes, one tongue, and a blank stare. No eyebrows, no nostrils, my favorite facial components are benched for this week while I play around with ultrasimple monsters.

February 15, 2010/Comments Off on The Blank Stare Doll – Blue Face/Pink Tongue

Time for some minimalist dolls. Two eyes, one tongue, and a blank stare. No eyebrows, no nostrils, my favorite facial components are benched for this week while I play around with ultrasimple monsters.

February 15, 2010/Comments Off on The Blank Stare Doll – Blue Face/Pink Tongue

During civilian times, they seem to be concentrated around Water Street in Gastown. There is NOOD (New Objects Of Desire) and Modernkind, plus a whole load of dedicated tourist shops full of mounties, moose, and polar bears. But thanks to

During civilian times, they seem to be concentrated around Water Street in Gastown. There is NOOD (New Objects Of Desire) and Modernkind, plus a whole load of dedicated tourist shops full of mounties, moose, and polar bears. But thanks to

This is one of my first dolls ever, my first monster. He’s from Mairead’s clothes, a red hoodie, a green-pink t-shirt, and some green sweater from Uncle Karl. Very red, very bouncy, a permanent resident of Pittsburgh.

This is one of my first dolls ever, my first monster. He’s from Mairead’s clothes, a red hoodie, a green-pink t-shirt, and some green sweater from Uncle Karl. Very red, very bouncy, a permanent resident of Pittsburgh.

I’ve completed my online tutorial of How to Make a Monster — the pattern and instructions are still available for purchase as a PDF booklet at Etsy here — but this online tutorial goes through the instructions with step by

I’ve completed my online tutorial of How to Make a Monster — the pattern and instructions are still available for purchase as a PDF booklet at Etsy here — but this online tutorial goes through the instructions with step by

He is another reconfigured veteran — one of the first monsters I ever made, given some recent adjustments and surgery — most importantly a brand new red heart on his purple belly. He is friends with Harry Potter, he likes

He is another reconfigured veteran — one of the first monsters I ever made, given some recent adjustments and surgery — most importantly a brand new red heart on his purple belly. He is friends with Harry Potter, he likes

I love this little guy — manufactured May-November, Belfast-Pittsburgh, from a skull and crossbones cap in QFT’s lost and found. He is happy or bemused, and has a little pirate/goth atmosphere to him. Just look at his back! His front

December 17, 2009/Comments Off on The Skull and Crossbones Little Monsters

I love this little guy — manufactured May-November, Belfast-Pittsburgh, from a skull and crossbones cap in QFT’s lost and found. He is happy or bemused, and has a little pirate/goth atmosphere to him. Just look at his back! His front

December 17, 2009/Comments Off on The Skull and Crossbones Little Monsters

I made this little creature out of some God’s Helping Hand furry fabric — Thank You Michigan! He is the model for the new, improved, illustrious (and Illustrated) Make Your Own Monster pattern. You want it, you want to make

I made this little creature out of some God’s Helping Hand furry fabric — Thank You Michigan! He is the model for the new, improved, illustrious (and Illustrated) Make Your Own Monster pattern. You want it, you want to make

And he’s in his natural habitat: THE PHD BEDROOM! I made him in Belfast, and endowed him to Julia, who endowed him to Mairead. I think he is my favorite monster ever! He was born (like so many other monsters)

And he’s in his natural habitat: THE PHD BEDROOM! I made him in Belfast, and endowed him to Julia, who endowed him to Mairead. I think he is my favorite monster ever! He was born (like so many other monsters)